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Is there a way to get the hudson job initiated user name. Is it possible to get using script shell, py etc.

Lets assume I have the build # which was initiated. I know how to get the latest build info using api but would like to get a user details for a specific job.

Do you think, this will work for hudson? :) https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+User+Vars+Plugin

Thanks in advance

enthuguy
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That plugin will not work with Hudson, unless you download a very old version of the plugin. I'm not sure how many people are still using Hudson and haven't upgraded to Jenkins.

Anyway, when a user manually triggers a build, this is called a "user cause"; there are other types of cause, e.g. SCM trigger.

You can use the JSON or XML API to get the causes for a build, for example:
https://ci.jenkins-ci.org/job/remoting/lastSuccessfulBuild/api/xml?xpath=//action/cause/userId

In this case, this returns the username that caused the build to run.
Though note that there may be multiple causes for a build, and potentially other cause types that use the userId field.

This works in Jenkins, but it should also work in Hudson, but I haven't tested it.

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Christopher Orr
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  • Thx Chris, is it possible to get the userid for a specific build #? – enthuguy Jan 24 '16 at 22:03
  • @enthuguy Yes, replace `lastSuccessfulBuild` in the URL with the build number. You can get API information for most URLs in Jenkins by adding `/api` to the end. – Christopher Orr Jan 24 '16 at 22:04